title: Assessment of the child: what's different?
abstract: As home health nurses, we see a lot of adult patients. Our skills may be pretty sharp when assessing these adults, but when a child is sick in the home, it is important to consider the differences in assessing this child and an adult.
authors.affiliation: Florida State University School of Nursing, Tallahassee, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glidden
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*